Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 17.24 - RECLAMATION
Subchapter 17.24.1 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Montana Hard Rock Mining Reclamation Act
Rule 17.24.170 - MILLS: CESSATION OR COMPLETION OF OPERATION
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) Milling operations are presumed completed or ceased and thus are subject to the reclamation time schedule outlined in the approved reclamation plan when the mill has ceased operations for a period of two years or more. A permittee may rebut this assumption by providing evidence satisfactory to the department, consistent with ARM 17.24.150(2), that the operations have not in fact been abandoned or completed.
(2) Reclamation plans must provide that all discharges from completed operations or operations in a state of temporary cessation will be consistent with provisions of ARM 17.24.151.
82-4-321, MCA; IMP, 82-4-341, MCA;
